The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-02
THROUGH THE STATE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
In West Virginia and vicluisy-Ths State
drange-New Coke Ovons-A Piucky
Young Lady-Afiairs of General In.
tcrest Throughout tho State.

Young Lady-Afairs of General In.
tcrest Throughout tho state.
Tho Elizabeth Times, the Republican
organ OF Writ county, has changed hands,
I. A. Brown has stepped down and ], T.
Piggo.t has aaaumed control. 1ss ,s7'53
Thore is family near Point Pleasant
Consisting ol three children, two bows and
9 girl, whose namos arc Liberty Union.
Pontius Pllate and Star Of Bethlehem.
Tho Braxton Democrat iavors Judrs A,
F. Raymond, OF Fairmont, as tho most
suitable man for Governor, and sdds that
ho 10 respected, trusted and houored by
every person in the State who Ia personal.
ly acquainted with him. l''1 -" +
| Charles kellor, slxseen.y r.old son of
William Keller, Of Martinsburg, loet his
lilo last Sunday by falling between two
freight cara. He was careleealy sitting on
a brake wheel, when tho train suddenly
started and he los. his balance. IE -
Tho Mt. Morris. Pa, oil we'll ia produc.
ing from 250 to 800 barrels Of clipper day;
they arc now building two derricks pie.
parhtory to- sinking two more wells, nea.
the othe.. The company will pipe tho oil i
10 Morgantown in order to ship ovor tho
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad to the reHnerles
In the east. a
Young Mowry, Of Calhoun coutny, who
was recently released from tho Peniten.
tiary, committed suicide few days ago BY
shooting hinself with rifle. He a mar.
relied with bis father, and remarked after
ward that this was hard world to live in
and he "guessed he would kill himself
and go to hades and try 1t there" n +
A project is on foot at Ronney, in which
Col. A. W. Monroe and others are inter.
eated, to build narrow gauge railroad
from tnat place northeast to McCarty's
Extract works, distant about seventeen
mi!ea. It will open up part Of tho coun-
ty IN which there are enormous quantities
OF timber and bark. The cost would be
about $l,5O0 per mile.
The Uniontown Standard remarks that
the enterprising Parkeraburg young man
Is now getting in his work on the Pitta.
burgh morning papnrs. he covers the
whole State Of West Virginia, and parts OF
Ohio and Kentucky, and the news is some.
times so old ths. tho people where it oc.
currod, aeVeral hundred niles away, hays
forgotten It before he gea hold Of It and
telesrsphs it to Pittsburgh. ,55
The last session of the Grand jury of
Wood county returned three indictments
against Road Contractor Writ R. Neale.
brothar.in.law OF County Commissioned
Gus Kellar, for iraudulerl. TRANSACTIONS in
the letting, of road contracts. Similar
complaints have been mado against soms
OF tho other surveyors in tho county, and
those in possession OF facta ahould appear
before the next Grand Jury and state
them. In some cases no contracts were
let at all.
Complaint is made in uomo OF the coun-
ties in the State that tho Auditor has re-
turned claims in tho criminal casey sent
up by the sherids, with the statement TINT
tho appropriation is exhausted and no
more claims in criminal cases will be paid
until the Legislature meets. The last sp-
Precipitation must have been very made
quate to be exhausted In lees than six
montho after 1t was made. THE Legisla.
tuIe will not meet again until January
1850. TT,,@ TT,.,@5;,, - 4" 80
Tho Britain Coal and Coke Company,
OF Philadelphia, hsve completed fifty
ovona at Clements, the new station on
the f., NJ. q ?. railroad. Ian. week sey-
eral we're fred, and tho others will be fred
IN very short time. They have a!so put
up six lR!ge, nics houses for their work.
men, employing at present about seventy.
1--we. Mr.. Daniel Britain, President OF
the company, said 1t was an experiment
with thon1, but thsy were very much en-,
courseod by tho success Of the Montana
company. l5'55l,Il7
The Weat Virginia State Grange P, of
81, met In annual session at Aldereon,
Monroe coanty, November23, There was
quito large turnout Of members, snd q
largo amount OF business Of importance 10
the order. WAS transacted. Considerable
progress has besn made in advancing
Change interests HinCs the last annual
meeting. The State Grange and tho orde.
through the State are in q bstter and moro
prosperous condition than for several
years past. The session wss very bsr-
monlouu one, aud selected Mertineburg RS
tho place, and the frat Wednesday in
December, 1888, as the time for tho next
annual meeting. Il
A few days a2o Mr.. David Dodd, living
near Falling Waters, Berkeley county,
had occasion to leave bis house for day,
leaving two daughters by themselves. 4
nhort time after ho had gone, q tramp
camo along and inquired for Mr.. Dodd,
aud on being informed that ho Was not al
nome, dropped his bundle and took a
chair upon tho porch. After wsitioz
awhile for him to leave, and eeeing that
he did not intend to 90, Miss Ada, saying /,
ahe wanted to'have q chicken for dinner,
brought out q shotgun, loaded 1t in front
Of the fellow, and taking aim ct a chicken
knocked its hesd Of at the fi,ss shot.
Then turning to Mr.. Tramp, abe informed
him that his presence was not desired any
longer, and without waiting to argue the
question, he Immediately took his do
parture. ~ Z. 1, I'd a A
MIR. CARLISLE CONCIL1AToEY.
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